cliché
Spanish, noun/kliˈt͡ʃe/
cliché is spelled C-L-I-C-H-É (6 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 21,247th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cliché is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cliché” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Plancha metálica para estereotipia, formada a partir de un molde negativo donde se plasman tipos móviles o…”.
What does cliché mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecliché
- 2
masculinecliché
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Plancha metálica para estereotipia, formada a partir de un molde negativo donde se plasman tipos móviles o ilustraciones grabadas para su posterior reproducción en masa. 2. Por extensión, se refiere metafóricamente a una situación caricaturizada o a ideas repetitivas.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cliché
- clichés plural
- clisé alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cliché?
- /kliˈt͡ʃe/
- [kliˈt͡ʃe]
- /kliˈse/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cliché
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cliché in Spanish?
cliché appears 2.2 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).